There was a guy on the TR list up in BC Canada a few years ago who was restoring a very rusty TR4. He was doing so much fabrication that he got the nickname McGuyver!
Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Spitfires" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [Spits] Restorable? Your thoughts appreciated > At 03:44 PM 7/31/2008, Luke Lewis wrote: > >Wow - that car is more solid than either of mine, and one of mine is my > >driver! You don't see a solid car here in Canada though - period - unless > >it's been babied it's whole life, restored or brought up from the States. > >That looks to me like a very worthwhile project, I wish either of mine had > >been that good to begin with! Guess it's a POV issue! > > This is so true. I am a subscriber to the British Magazine "Practical > Classic". What folks on the other side of the pond will tackle for a > restoration is mind-boggling. This month's issue has a reader > restoration of a square-tail spit where they guy replaced something > like 75% of the metal in the car! All by himself in his (probably > tiny) garage! Makes me thankful for my never-had-any-real-rust > Spitfire that originally lived in Texas. But ultimately, restoring a > rough car has to be a labor of love. But really, anything cheap and > cheerful is a money-losing proposition so it needs to be that way anyway. > > Kevin Rhodes > Westbrook, Maine > Freddy the Spitfire, owned 12 years now, better than ever. > _______________________________________________ > > Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html > > [email protected] > http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires > > http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
